Pros

Compensation is fair. Flexible working hours. Plenty of opportunity to learn, either through various projects or training. Work and life balance in general is good.

Cons

There is no clear vision from corporate executives.
Company is running like a start-up company but lack of start-up's efficiency.
Too many management levels and non-productive employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Clear vision for the company is badly needed.
Prioritize projects inside the company; cut low priority projects, and invest on key projects/products.
Improve management efficiency.

Pros

I met the best team here at Yahoo!. People are very nice and caring. The manager are very close to us and always try to help us achieve career goal. The campus is very clean, and since I work in Sunnyvale HQ we got a big trail to go for a walk in summer. Party is something never missed at Yahoo!.. at least once a week during noon time. Also enjoy hackday events and such. Most engineers here are very nice to each other, with so much collaboration on a single project. If you're looking for a fun place, very cheerful and laid back; this is the place for you. Also less politics than other places I have been.

Cons

Too many people voice their opinions, things never move. Lots of conflict in release schedule, poor product planning. Many people here are dumbs which you can judge from the easy interview process. Food sucks, the chefs don't even eat their on dish!. Most cons goes to management level who seems to have a low IQ and don't know how things really work. Many mismanagement resulting in poor product review and thus got killed following with laid off then yes, hire back again.

Reorg so often just to figure out what is right for this company, the direction is still unclear and I can't really feel too much proud in this company when compare to others whom seem to be moving ahead in the game.

Advice to Senior Management

I don't blame you guys, it's just the recruiting process that's poor. By the way, I love Carol she rocks.

Pros

Plenty of opportunities to learn about new technologies. Smart people to work with.

Cons

Lack of focus. Everyone seems to have an opinion on everything but nobody seems to be making the call. Many slackers in middle management. Lack of transparency, rank and file don't know what's really going on.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep the focus. Streamline process and make a single person accountable for each area to speed up decision making.

Pros

- people understand how to balance work and life. they work hard but also leave at 5pm to be with their families
- great people. after the recent lay-offs, those left behind appear to be very intelligent and hard-working, as well as great to work with
- it's still a great company with an incredible brand and products that touch millions of people

Cons

- incredibly bureaucratic. getting access to databases, systems and processes takes forever
- the organization structure is a mess. people have indirect reports left and right. positions are vague. you never quite know what someone is doing within the organization.

Advice to Senior Management

Streamline processes within the company. Flatten the organization. Also, change the marketing tactics. Instead of pure brand messaging on prime-time, also have product-specific ads with common themes. Different products have different audiences...

Pros

Huge impact, great people to work with, fun culture, great compensation & benefits package, free coffee, good work-life balance, and lots of opportunities to learn.

Cons

Lack of innovation, lack of transparency, lack of focus, plenty of slackers, engineers have little significance in decision making, and layers of middle management.

Advice to Senior Management

Cut the fat. Pressure managers to deliver more. Focus on improving core properties in innovative ways. Keep improving user's experience in any way possible.

Pros

Work opportunities
Learning opportunities
Great teams
Good work environment

Cons

Too much of org changes: In last one year there have been two layoff rounds. While it almost halved tthe management levels, it was also very stressful on the employees. It has hurt the employee morale

Advice to Senior Management

Yahoo has received a lot of flak for one reason or another. However the current direction set by the new management is correct. Management needs to continue on that path.

Pros

Yahoo is a good place to work if you can channel out all the negative stuff surrounding the company and just focus on your work, enjoy the great benefits and the really relaxed and laid back working environment.

Cons

This is a great place to work but I am sure everyone is aware of all the problems Yahoo has been having recently so chances of going through a layoff is higher at Yahoo compared to competitors.

Advice to Senior Management

I have no advice for the management at this moment but I have to fill this space so all I'll say is keep your focus on what you've been focusing on. It is better to focus on the wrong target than to have no focus at all.

Pros

Smart people
Reasonable hours
Competitive salary and benefits

Cons

Uninspiring mid-level managers (you'll never see them around, let alone get to know them)
Unreliable low-level managers who backstab you when lay-offs are on the horizon
Lack of trust
Sunnyvale-centric
Little to no emphasis on employee development - they talk about sending you to training but it never materializes
Does not value human capital
Frequent organizational changes (Expect to have a new manager every year)
Lack of transparency (ex: managers rate you on a scale of 1-5 quarterly behind the doors and this rating weighs heavily during reviews/lay-offs)

Advice to Senior Management

The most important asset to an organization is the people! Hire talented, charismatic leaders who lead by example and earn respect of others. Institute a company policy to send every employee to relevant training at least once a year. Re-evaluate your mid-level managers. Train your mid/low-level managers to become better leaders and mentors. Institute a mentor program between managers and employees to promote social+professional networks and learning opportunities.

Pros

Yahoo has a very open culture. The benefits are great and compensation is very good. There are very smart people and a collaborative, competitive culture. Food is subsidized and coffee is free. The campus is fun; and they encourage employees to have a good work/life balance.

Cons

There are many layers of management and different properties (mail, front page, news, search, etc.) don't necessarily work with each other. If you join one property you'll effectively be working for that silo-ed division of the company. Change comes slowly and only after layers of management have reviewed the change.

Advice to Senior Management

Create incentives for different parts of the company (different properties) to work with each other.

Pros

-- open source software mostly
-- free coffe
-- technically smart people (depends on team to team)
-- lots of technical and social events

Cons

-- Nobody knows what is going on at higher levels of management
--complete lack of transparency in the recent MS deal
--Very unstable work enviroment
--Engineers never involved in any decision

Advice to Senior Management

Be more transparent and get the engineers into confidence